About the Alaska Region
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE) is a bureau of the
U.S. Department of the Interior. In the Alaska Region, our mission is to manage the mineral resources of the Alaska Outer Continental Shelf in an environmentally sound and safe manner.
The Alaska OCS Region encompasses over 1 billion acres and more than 6,000 miles of coastline. The diversity of ecosystems in the Region is astounding.
It is in this environment that the Alaska Region must find a way to provide the opportunity to explore for petroleum and still preserve the environment and the lifestyle of the people living adjacent to its coast.